“I haven’t seen the episode, I chose not to watch,” she told Entertainment Tonight of Tuesday’s premiere. “Personally, it was a very difficult time in my life, especially around the beginning of filming. So I’ve chosen not to go back to that space and not watch it.”

As fans know, the 58-year-old restauranteur fell out with her castmates during the course of season 9; Kyle Richards recently confirmed she and Vanderpump, once inseparable partners in crime, haven’t spoken since a blowout fight at her mansion. (The drama apparently began over a dog that Dorit Kemsley adopted from Vanderpump’s rescue center and then gave away.)

Vanderpump previously said she wished she had taken a break from the show after experiencing such a devastating loss.

“I wasn’t as prepared for combat as I should’ve been,” she told ET. “It hasn’t been a good situation.”

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“I think this year, with where my mental state was — and I’ve been very honest about that, I struggled a lot, you know, after my brother’s suicide,” she continued. “The first few months it was really difficult, and I was kind of searching for happiness, so, I think you know … when something really significant happens in your life, maybe it does change you, you know?”

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Lisa Vanderpump Doesn't Plan to Watch This Season of <em>RHOBH</em>: 'It Was a Very Difficult Time'

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